いびつ

Japanese

Etymology

From 飯櫃(いいびつ) (ībitsu, “container for cooked rice”). Rice containers in Japan had ellipse shapes in the past. Sense "crooked" came from the impression that ellipses are deformed circles.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ibʲit͡sɨᵝ]

Adjective

いびつ • (ibitsu) -na (adnominal いびつな (ibitsu na na), adverbial いびつに (ibitsu ni ni))

  1. crooked; deformed
  2. abnormal; strange; deviant

Inflection
Inflection of いびつ
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) いびつだろ ibitsu daro
Continuative (連用形) いびつで ibitsu de
Terminal (終止形) いびつだ ibitsu da
Attributive (連体形) いびつな ibitsu na
Hypothetical (仮定形) いびつなら ibitsu nara
Imperative (命令形) いびつであれ ibitsu de are
Key constructions
Informal negative いびつではない
いびつじゃない		 ibitsu de wa nai
ibitsu ja nai
Informal past いびつだった ibitsu datta
Informal negative past いびつではなかった
いびつじゃなかった		 ibitsu de wa nakatta
ibitsu ja nakatta
Formal いびつです ibitsu desu
Formal negative いびつではありません
いびつじゃありません		 ibitsu de wa arimasen
ibitsu ja arimasen
Formal past いびつでした ibitsu deshita
Formal negative past いびつではありませんでした
いびつじゃありませんでした		 ibitsu de wa arimasen deshita
ibitsu ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive いびつで ibitsu de
Conditional いびつなら（ば） ibitsu nara (ba)
Provisional いびつだったら ibitsu dattara
Volitional いびつだろう ibitsu darō
Adverbial いびつに ibitsu ni
Degree いびつさ ibitsusa

Noun

いびつ • (ibitsu) 

  1. (rare) ellipse; oval
    Synonym: 楕円
  2. (rare, dated) coin
    Synonym: 小判
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